In My Father's Shadow

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Of all the myriad stars and celebrities Hollywood has produced, only a handful have achieved the fame - and, some would say, infamy - of Orson Welles, the creator and star of what is arguably the greatest film ever, Citizen Kane. Many books have been written about him, detailing his achievements as an artist as well as his foibles as a human being. None of them, however, has come so close to the real man as Chris Welles Feder does in this beautifully realised portrait of her father. In My Father's Shadow is a classic story of a life lived in the public eye, told with affection and the wide-eyed wonder of a daughter who never stopped believing that some day she would truly know and understand her elusive and larger-than-life father. The result is a moving and insightful look at life in the shadow of a legendary figure and an immensely entertaining story of growing up in the unreal reality of Hollywood.I worked hard on my essays, rewriting and copying them several times before I
was satisfied. At Todd School, I had excelled in English composition, and I
wanted to show Jack Pringle whatI could do. I was still bristling at his reference to
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In My Father's Shadow

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Chris Welles Feder

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Random House - 2011-04-01

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